The Roadhouse

Series produced by WTIP

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Image by: courtesy Buck Benson 

The Roadhouse is an interview and music program that airs live every Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. to kick off the weekend.

WTIP's The Roadhoue is two hours packed with insightful interviews, weekend happenings, local features and toe-tapping music. You never know quite what to expect on the Roadhouse! Funding is provided in part by the MN Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


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Beatrice Ojakangas is the author of 29 cookbooks and recognized in the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame. Her new memoir, "Homemade," is about grow...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:13
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Amy & Dave Freeman spent the last year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to call attention to the value of wilderness in the face...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 19:03
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It's Roadhouse tradition to check in with the experts at the Butterball Turkey Talk Line...where you can call 1-800-BUTTERBALL for all kinds of tur...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 18:16
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With Thanksgiving around the corner, now's a natural time for parents, grandparents and teachers to encourage gratitude in kids. Dr. Giacomo Bono, ...

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 18:00
  • Purchases: 1
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South Shore jam band Floydian Slip stopped by WTIP's Studio A on their way to a gig in Grand Marais. Floydian Slip is Andy Noyes, guitar & vocals; ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 48:34
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Great Lakes historian and author Michael Schumacher spoke with WTIP's Dave TerSteeg recently about his latest book, "Torn in Two, " which recounts ...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Between leftover Halloween candy and the upcoming holidays, it's easy to add extra pounds this time of year. WTIP's Dick Swanson spoke with Taylor ...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 18:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Felicia Schneiderhan is an award-winning author who lives in Duluth. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg read her memoir, "Newlyweds Afloat: Married Bliss and Mec...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 19:16
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Jim Hurst is a master of bluegrass guitar, and an experienced instructor and session musician, who was in Grand Marais for the 26th annual Bluegras...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 38:56
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New Cook County trio Common Ground joined WTIP's The Roadhouse recently during membership drive. The group is, from left, Bob LaMettry, Drew Heino...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 31:19
  • Purchases: 1
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"The Road Back to Sweetgrass" is the One Community, One Book selection for Cook County this fall. Author and UMD American Indian studies professor ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:49
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Pete Kavanaugh and his Minneapolis band, The Pete K Group, (Pete on guitar & vocals, Eric Meyer on bass, and Mike Dubois on drums) stopped by WTIP'...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 33:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Fed up with the election? Threatening to move to Canada? A new book, "How to Move to Canada: A Discontented American's Guide to Canadia Relocation,...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 14:50
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Stan Kusunoki is a high-potential elementary teacher in Shakopee, Minn., who is also a published poet. He stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse to chat w...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 19:32
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We ran across a fascinating article about a famous free solo (unroped) rock climber, Alex Honnold, and how his brain works. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg ch...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 16:08
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Bluegrass band Ginstrings was in Grand Marais recently to perform. Several of the band's members, Gavin Haskin (mandolin), Eli Bentley (guitar), an...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1
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The Sky Blue Jazz Ensemble (the version in studio was Mike DeBevec, keyboard; Eric Hahn, sax; Karina Roth, vocals; Barb LaVigne, flute; Mike Roth, ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 27:22
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WTIP caught up recently with one of our favorite guests, Sam Cook, outdoors editor for the Duluth News Tribune. He and WTIP's Dave TerSteeg talked ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 16:26
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The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 13:54
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What does children's book author Dav Pilkey have in common with Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, and Maya Angelou? His books, like theirs, appear on the...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 16:13